This Melungeon Blog brought to you by one researcher determined to shed light to the misinformation being published on the Internet, books, articles, etc., and to show by documentation the rights and wrongs associated with these families who were called Melungeons, Redbone, Croatans, Brass Ankles and other names. Joanne Pezzullo

Monday, April 4, 2016

Does your male line Haplogroup E originate in Africa but your ancestors never appear in the numerous slave records? Could their ancestors have came with Lucas deAyllon in 1526 as one of the hundred or so slaves he brought with him?

Do family stories tell of your Native American ancestor yet you can find no record? Were they one of the 450 'men, women, and children' who came with Lucas deAyllon? Of the 500-600 people who came with him only 150 returned. Those that survived in 1526 to join the Native Americans as well as the hundreds of women taken by Hernadez deSoto and Don Pardo before 1600 were Native Americans who carried European DNA BEFORE the Jamestown Settlement.

In an effort to document and preserve the history, genealogy and origins of the people known as Redbone, the Redbone Heritage Foundation began publishing a collection of conference presentations, articles and essays and genealogies in the Redbone Chronicles, edited by Don C. Marler and Gary "Mishiho" Gabehart We have combined those here and updated the January 2007 issues. This issue includes some never before released conference presentations, articles and essays by descendants, members, researchers and scholars. Including pictures, genealogy and relatives of progenitor fore families, and member submitted DNA results.

About Me

I am an avid researcher of my mothers and fathers ancestors and I particularly enjoy Melungeon research and I truly enjoy helping people with their research.
If you need some help drop me a line, always glad to help if I can.
joannepezzullo@aol.com